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Lactic Acidosis - Classification and Differential Diagnosis
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Inadequate Oxygen Delivery
 • Anaerobic muscular
Classification and Differential ... Diagnosis Type ... underlying disease: Diabetic ... Associated with drugs ... #Diagnosis #TypeA
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Correction of diabetic ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Ketoacidosis: Diabetic ... Drugs II. ... Renal acidosis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Diagnosis Algorithm ... K loss • Hypomagnesemia-induced ... tubular acidosis ... (type 1 of 2), ... Ureterosigmoidostomy, Diabetic
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Type ... Utilization (VO2) • Drugs ... Leukemia/Lymphoma), Diabetes ... #Differential #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... circulation If drugs ... B1: - Diabetes ... B2: Drugs and Toxins ... - HIV/HAART medications
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
reactions Common Drugs ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... - Metabolic acidosis ... Failure • SLE • Type ... Medications 2.
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
reactions Common Drugs ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... - Metabolic acidosis ... Failure • SLE • Type ... Medications 2.
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
(treatment of diabetic ... tubular acidosis ... Conn's, Liddle's), Drugs ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
5-Oxoprolinuria
What is it:
 • Aka pyroglutamic acidosis, Intermediate in γ-glutamyl cycle
 • Amino acid transport and
Aka pyroglutamic acidosis ... • Liver and renal ... impairment • Type ... 2 diabetes • ... Other drugs: flucloxacillin